Mackay Courthouse is located at 12 Brisbane Street, Mackay

Mackay, Queensland

Mackay is a city on the eastern coast of Queensland, Australia, about north of Brisbane, on the Pioneer River. Mackay is nicknamed the sugar capital of Australia because its region produces more than a third of Australia's cane sugar....

 in Queensland

Queensland

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, Australia

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The complex contains the current and former courthouses as well as police residences and other police buildings.

History

The courthouse was constructed during the Great Depression

Great Depression

The Great Depression was a severe worldwide economic depression in the decade preceding World War II. The timing of the Great Depression varied across nations, but in most countries it started in about 1929 and lasted until the late 1930s or early 1940s...

as part of a government initiated works scheme to alleviate unemployment. It was completed in 1939.

The courthouse was designed by the Queensland Chief Architect AB Leven in the Georgian revival style.

The building underwent a major refurbishment in 2003. Four new courtrooms, judicial chambers, jury facilities, interview rooms, vulnerable witness room, public waiting areas and a lift were added.